Quote #8023
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Quote #21240
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to...
Quote #4742
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far...
Quote #21488
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps...
Quote #16212
A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary...
Quote #4824
Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his...
Quote #21702
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Quote #33000
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Quote #33241
Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.
Quote #23797
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were...